Comments on: The simplicity cycle http://www.52novels.com/archives/the-simplicity-cycle/ I counted them myself. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:32:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Gabe Mounce http://www.52novels.com/archives/the-simplicity-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Gabe Mounce Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:38:23 +0000 http://52novels.com/2006/05/12/the-simplicity-cycle/#comment-19 Cool association! It's funny, as a colleague of Dan, I've been encouraged to write more myself. And this is exactly what he tells me when I can't think of stuff to write. What's more is that he fancies himself a writr too, even though that's not his "real" profession. But in the course of writing and mentoring me, he has exposed me to all kinds of ideas such as the concept of Apophenia-the experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or meaningless data (the late Col John Boyd was a master). So I've been trying to write about this; about relating seamingly unrelatable ideas becasue I think it the essence of creativity. And low and behold, you do that very thing by linking writing with his manifesto. Isn't it crazy how so many things intersect. -Gabe Cool association! It’s funny, as a colleague of Dan, I’ve been encouraged to write more myself. And this is exactly what he tells me when I can’t think of stuff to write. What’s more is that he fancies himself a writr too, even though that’s not his “real” profession. But in the course of writing and mentoring me, he has exposed me to all kinds of ideas such as the concept of Apophenia-the experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or meaningless data (the late Col John Boyd was a master). So I’ve been trying to write about this; about relating seamingly unrelatable ideas becasue I think it the essence of creativity. And low and behold, you do that very thing by linking writing with his manifesto. Isn’t it crazy how so many things intersect.

-Gabe

]]> By: Dan Ward http://www.52novels.com/archives/the-simplicity-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Dan Ward Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:05:32 +0000 http://52novels.com/2006/05/12/the-simplicity-cycle/#comment-18 Thanks so much for the kind words about my Simplicity Cycle! I'm glad to hear it resonated! I've been having a lot of fun with it, and am always happy to see it being discussed & applied in new and interesting ways. Thanks so much for the kind words about my Simplicity Cycle! I’m glad to hear it resonated!

I’ve been having a lot of fun with it, and am always happy to see it being discussed & applied in new and interesting ways.

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